HC Deb 13 June 1893 vol 13 cc979-80

Order for Second Reading read.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE (Mr. H. Gardner,) Essex, Saffron Walden

moved the Second Reading of this Bill.

An hon. MEMBER: I object.

MR. H. GARDNER

This Bill had the approbation of the right hon. Gentleman who preceded me as President of the Board of Agriculture, and it is absolutely a non-contentions measure, which is supported by Members on both sides.

MR. HANBURY (Preston)

The right hon. Gentleman must put it down as the first Order.

MR. H. GARDNER

It is one of those Bills which have never been put down as a first Order, and, therefore, the hon. Gentleman must take on himself the responsibility of opposing it.

* SIR H. MAXWELL (Wigton)

I hope my hon. Friend will not persist in his opposition. I may remind him that when Dr. Johnson visited Scotland he said that in the course of his travels he only saw three trees big enough to hang a man on. This Bill is, I believe, intended to remedy that state of things.

An hon. MEMBER: I object.

Second Reading deferred till To-morrow.